Linux System Administrator (mfd) Ref. No. 26-82195

For our customer EUMETSAT in Darmstadt Germany we areseekingfor a Linux System Administrator with wide technical knowledge on design and operation of IT core services. The main activities involve virtualization and infrastructure technologies VMware GNU/Linuxand IBM AIX.

The EuropeanOrganisationfor the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is an intergovernmentalorganisationcreated through an international convention agreed by a current total of 30 European Member States.

EUMETSATs primaryobjectiveis toestablishmaintainand exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites. EUMETSATis responsible forthe launch and operation ofthe satellitesand for delivering satellite data to end-users as well as contributing to the operational monitoring of climate and the detection of global climate changes.

Responsibilities

Your tasks will typically include but are not limited to:

• Installation and configuration of operating systems and other software including preventive administration: tuning ofoperating-systemparameters tooptimiseperformance patching and security hardening.

• Monitoring of system performance and investigation of hardware/software and performance issues acrosscompute OSmiddlewareand platform services performing root-cause analysis and the relevant corrective actions.

• Liaise with the external providers of HW and system SW maintenance for the request and follow up of maintenance interventions.

• Support to SW development and maintenance on system-related matters including implementation and maintenance of scripts and/or procedures for the automated and/or controlled execution of activities.

• Generation and maintenance of technical documentation configuration baselines system inventories as-builtdocumentationand architecture diagrams.

• Designmaintainand improve infrastructure automation strategies ( Ansible) and configuration-management frameworks (Ansible Chef Puppet) to automate infrastructure provisioning management and recurring administrative activities.

• Implement andmaintainenterprise backup anddisaster-recoverysolutions.

• Participate in daily operations coordination meetings anomaly reviewboardsand the on-call rotation.

Forday to dayactivitiesyou shall apply the relevantchangecontrol and maintenance procedures. The complex environment requires a wide background of technical knowledge therefore your natural curiosity will help you to resolve complicated situations.

This is a full time position located at our customer EUMETSAT in Darmstadt Germany starting in December 2026 onwards. Standby / call-out support and provision of support to critical operations may sometimes be required.

Your Profile:

The ideal candidates have an academic degree in IT Computer Science or equivalent andpossessthe following skills:

• IBM AIX or GNU/Linux operating system(s);

• Virtualization technologies (VMware NSXPowerVC);

• Cloud infrastructure (OpenStack Kubernetes);

• Automation (ansible) and monitoring (CheckMK NagiosELK Stack Splunk Grafana Prometheus);

• Experience with 24/7 large computing environments and operational best practices;

• Experience administering enterprise hardware platforms (Dell PowerEdge HPE ProLiant Cisco UCS LenovoThinkSystem);

• Understanding of network and storage infrastructure;

• Proficiencyin automation scripting (Bash Python);

• Configuration management with Ansible Chef and Puppet;

• Experience with enterprise backup and disaster-recovery solutions;

• Knowledge of ITIL service management processes (incident change problem management);

Proven knowledge and at least 5 years hands-on experience with at least 3 of the following is mandatory:

• GNULinux administration using different distributions (SLES RHEL Debian);

• IBM AIX administration and troubleshooting;

• Big scale VMware infrastructures;

• Core services management (DNS/LDAP/DHCP/infrastructure);

Proven knowledge and hands-on experience with the followingismandatory:

• Definition implementationtestingand documentation of end-to-end system changes;

• Preparation of technical documentation in English in a complete and clear manner;

• Communication and interpersonal skills being able to effectively communicate and coordinate activities within different teams;

• Ability to work autonomously and to perform regular () context switch.

Fluency in English (spoken and written) is mandatory as English is the working language. This is a hybrid position where you will be working up to 3 days/week at home and the rest at EUMETSATs location in Darmstadt (a city of 160K population 30km south of Frankfurt am Main) Germany.

The variety ofthe tasksand the scope of the systems to be supported require a high degree of autonomy and good analytical skills together with the ability to effectively cooperate within the team.

Additionalinformation

For further information please contact Ms. Silvia Cavallini telephone or by email

To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed please apply through the link below with ideally a Cover Letter and an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (Europassformat is preferred).

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